So here goes for my first one, alittle old but o well.

Back in December I was looming over whether to give the Capitan a try or head to the Eastside for some mountaineering. The storm the previous week kept me from going to the valley, so after finals me and 3 other buddies headed out to bishop!


Got in pretty late, but school was over so I didnt really care. And it was BEAUTIFUL!


Got up early the next morning and ate at Schatts! Always best to start a mountain off with a danish! I had never driven north of Mammoth, so it was an awesome experience. We met up with one of my buddies in Bridgeport and hashed out all the gear.


We then drove back into Twin lakes to start the approach. It was probably the best mountaineering weather I've ever been in. For some strange reason when ever I head out there it gets below zero and dumps snow on us, but Mountaineering in tee-shirts is quite nice!


We got into basecamp pretty quickly, settled down for dinner and prepared the normal stuff for an early morning start!
It was definitely nice starting the morning off with only a thermal and a softshell! The hike up was pretty straight forward, plus the set of footprints made by the previous climbers.

There's just something about getting up early on a wintery mountain. Its likes an addiction. Plus the scenery helps too!

The route was pretty incredible, even the somewhat adventurous summitblock. From reading route descriptions it seemed like a pretty straightforward send, but when we got to the top it ended up being a 4+/5- traverse in crampons! Always a good time!

Matterhorn Peak is definitely an aspiring line. I cant wait to get back on the climb in the summer. Ended up blowing out my ACL for a second time on the way back, so that was quite fine. But I have my surgery set for March, and will be ready to head back into the mountains come end of summer!